Friday, January 13, 2012

Ridge's Big Day

Ridge got to go on his first official hunting trip with Brady! They were both super excited!
Ridge couldn't stop grinning! He felt so privileged to get some alone time with dad.


He loved being outdoors and riding the four-wheeler even if it was freezing cold!


He never whinned or complained. Brady is so happy to have another little hunting buddy!





They saw one coyote and an amazing sunset!






And they had a fantastic time!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Nash's Love Note

As I was putting Nash's coat on him I could hear some paper crumpling in his pocket. I reached in and pulled out this little note with a colored picture on the inside. I asked Brynlee what it was and she said to put it back in his pocket because its just a note for him so he remembers she loves him when he's away from her. She is one sweet girl!

Monday, January 9, 2012

My Three Little Pigs







Never knew we could have so much fun with tape!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Starting the New Year

Wahoo! 2012 is here! Out with the old, in with the new!



I love the promise of a fresh start that the new year holds!



We are hoping our kids will be a little more reverent during scripture study this year. Usually the boys try wrestling everyone or at least each other while we read, it can get a little wild. They've also been known to actually ripe pages out of the scriptures. So we decided to give the boys each a brand new copy of the Book of Mormon and made a big deal about it being their own, hoping that maybe they would take some ownership and maybe...eventually...even sit quietly and follow along. =) We can always dream right?!
Well we're a good week into it and they haven't really sat quietly yet unless their asleep, but they sure are proud of their scriptures! While they were having their snack earlier this week Ridge climbed down from his bar stool ran off and came running back with their scriptures. He handed one to Nash climbed back up and started flipping through it. It was adorable. They've been packing their scriptures around like they do their toys. I find them in the crib, in the toy box and in the bathtub. I am glad they love their scriptures. I hope they always do!








That's right boys, feast upon those words and you'll never hunger!




Saturday, December 31, 2011

Allens Visit

Adam and Amber's family and Ryan came to visit after Christmas. It was a lot of the fun! Nash, Ridge and Ashlyn made quite the little threesome!
We went to Zoo Boise one of the days. The monkeys were great, they really put on a show. Maybe they have to move a lot in the winter to keep warm or something, anyway they were very entertaining.

Sweet baby Trey stayed warm!

Lots of monkeys

The kids loved the statues around the zoo just as much as the real animals






Fun times!



For not talking, this little guy sure has a lot to say!

Nash went crazy over these elephant statues

He kept giving this one kisses on its trunk

The lions were lazy and wouldn't even look up to see who was growling at them.

Punky pretending to be on a camping safari

Ridge was memorized by this bird and kept running back to look at it again

Miemie with her bird twin. See they both have fancy fur around their neck.


The bird was pretty excited to find her long lost twin and did a little celebration dance.

It was a beautiful day at the zoo and it felt great to be outside, even if it was little chilly.

They splashed in everything that even resembled a puddle. =)




How many kids do you know that have rode a tiger?



Now you know two.

The birth of Venus

All of the kids were wild about the real and the fake kamoto dragon








Alice the camel was quite popular too





Of course Brynlee wanted a shot of her with the butterfly collection

Can't remember what that was but its cute


More monkeys

Maybe monkeys just really like Ryan. I know my little monkeys are wild about him.

A stop at the zoo just wouldn't be complete without a slide down the giraffe's neck.

What a fun day! Thanks for coming to visit guys!